Album review – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous. “If I had to try to summarize in a few lines the strongest feeling that emerges from listening to this beautiful record, I would say that it is the serene acceptance of human nature and the fact that sometimes we only have a minor role before the regular and imperturbable cycle of life.”

Album review – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous. “Noted English guitarist Michael Chapman is the producer here, and his slightly rough-edged approach serves as an ideal foil for McQuaid’s polished precision: the album is not merely a fine showcase of her liquid voice but also of her superb guitar style. When she marries both to her unerring songwriting skills, something truly marvellous happens.”

Album review – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous. “Stunning sonic depictions of songs of depth and meaning. McQuaid’s style is full on engagement, with vocals that draw you to the lyrical rocks better than any siren song. The album is brilliantly arranged, with flawless production and a completely compelling aural persona. This is about as good as it gets and is an absolute must have.”

Review/Feature – “Slow Decay” Video. “Giving part of ourselves, literally, so that someone else may continue to live is one of the greatest gifts a person can bestow, and it’s an act that conveys tremendous compassion and caring.”

Album review – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous. “A work built upon the courage of a singular vision. … If We Dig Any Deeper it Could Get Dangerous has a satisfying completeness about it, an expansiveness made concrete. It is, in short, the work of a consummate artist.”

Album review – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous (English translation follows Spanish original). “Añade en pequeñas dosis ciertos toques eléctricos fusionando a su vez elementos de corte jazzístico. ... De lo más destacado en lo que llevamos de año en folk.” (Take a few electrical shocks in small doses and blend in turn with jazzy elements. ... A highlight of the year so far in folk.)

Album review – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous (English translation follows Nederlands original). “Een vroege kandidaat voor folkalbum van 2018.” (An early contender for folk album of 2018.)

Album review – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous. “Light and dark swirl through If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous … There is a depth to the vocals of Sarah McQuaid, the velvet resonance a match for her talents on guitar.”

Album review – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous. “I never thought UK guitarist and songwriter Sarah McQuaid could ever top her brilliant, ethereal 2015 release Walking Into White, but thankfully, I was mistaken … If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous is a beautiful, engaging work that showcases two of the world’s premier guitarists and songwriters.”

Album review – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous. “A thick and well-trained alto reminiscent of Annie Lennox astride ringing electric guitar and piano ... a powerful album that simply shimmers with nuance, observational depth, and despair ... sure to please fans of The Unthanks, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, and Tom Waits equally.”

“Top Ten Songs Of The Week” Playlist. “Sarah McQuaid and album guest Michael Chapman give their guitar work center stage as the top shelf players offer an instrumental with “The Day of Wrath, That Day”.”

Album review – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous. “The soundscape embraces immediately … Successive tracks reinforce the previous, with a flow that is wholly contiguous, each in turn combining to build into a work of formidable passion.”

“Album Choices” Playlist and album review – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous. “With its classy songwriting, exemplary musicianship and high production values, this is a collection to savour.”

Album review – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous. “Sarah McQuaid’s fifth full length album opens in the smoke and shadow of hanging blues tones, a blistering burn embedded in the rough electric slashes, a steady red-hot glow in the embers of rumbling picking. It’s a dark-toned, echo-shrouded, intoxicating sort of sound … A sense of unresolved mood, of shifts and shadows and intangible atmospheres pervades her work.”

Album review – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous (English translation follows French original). “Avec ce cinquième album, Sarah McQuaid signe une nouvelle perle.” (With this fifth album, Sarah McQuaid has created a new gem.)

Album review – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous. “Intricate playing, thoughtful songwriting and consistently outstanding vocal performances … McQuaid is an artist who really needs to be sitting at the top table of roots musicians in this country.”

Album review and première – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous. “Captivating, unorthodox songwriting … layered satin vocals ... enthralling, harrowing arrangements … The record is as consummate and eclectic as fans of McQuaid would have come to expect. It’s a gateway into a true innovator’s soul.”

Album review – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous (English translation follows Nederlands original). “If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous is mede dankzij Michael Chapman een uitermate coherent album geworden en in korte tijd uitgegroeid tot mijn favoriete album van Sarah. Het is trouwens altijd een genot om haar uit duizenden herkenbare stem te horen, gelukkig kan dat binnenkort ook weer live.” (Thanks in part to Michael Chapman, If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous is an extremely coherent album, one that has quickly become my favourite Sarah McQuaid recording. It’s always a pleasure to hear her one-in-a-thousand voice, and luckily we’ll soon be able to hear it live.)

Album review – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous. “Captivatingly fragile vocals ... Spine-chilling ... The songs are exceptional: some of the lyrics here would look equally at home in a volume of poetry, though it would be a pity to deprive them of Sarah’s voice and melodic flair.”

Album review – If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous. “Seeing a shared world in a new way, from a different angle, is the role of the songwriter. Sarah gets a gold star on that front. This is a fabulous album. ... Sarah brought the songs, Michael brought the attitude. Together they turned on the electricity.”

Album review – Walking Into White. “An expansive and thoughtful turn that should bring a flock of fresh new listeners to a singer that those in the folk know have been clamoring about for some time now.”

Album review – Walking Into White. “Sarah McQuaid has spent far too long resting in the wings of relative obscurity. Fall into Walking Into White and land in her soft grip, where even darkness becomes a source of comfort.”

Interview and profile. “Fans of SubRosa’s spellbinding take on ‘House Carpenter’, the ethereal warmth of Melissa Nadler or Pamela Sue Mann’s spacious and lush Kevin Killen mixed stuff or Gillian Welch will love this rich album of ballads and hearth songs poured through a quirky and natural sensibility.”

Album review – Walking Into White. “The whole album expresses the eclectic influences from McQuaid’s life intertwined with a symbiotic, emotive edge. With a maelstrom of intensity within, it’s a totally enthralling listen.”

Interview. “We’re talking to one of our ‘Album of the Month’ winners, Sarah McQuaid, about her latest album ‘Walking into White’ – we discuss some of the influences and inspirations that brought the album’s songs to life and explore some of Sarah’s views on music.”

Interview and profile. “McQuaid’s voice has an unforced richness which is the perfect foil for the echoing, spacious arrangements of her songs – and for her guitar, which here assumes a dazzling array of guises; one minute it’s as plangent as a piano, the next, it’s buzzing on a rock-and-roll riff. A unique, multi-textured sound emerges as each song pours out a new narrative.”

Album review – Walking Into White. “As frustrating as it must surely be that a greater public recognition has so far eluded her, Sarah McQuaid has clearly held true to her own musical vision and it’s to be hoped that Walking Into White is the album which will bring her the wider commercial success she so richly deserves.”

Album review – Walking Into White. “The songs are acutely observed and literate, almost like journal notes set to music. They’re measured and tranquil but they’re never dull because there is always a sense of restlessness and unease behind the poetry.”

Album review – Walking Into White (English translation follows Nederlands original). “Walking Into White is wat mij betreft haar mooiste album tot dusver.” (Walking Into White is in my opinion her best album to date.)

Interview and profile. “Renowned as a performer whose musical output reflects her own eclectic mix, folk and country star Sarah McQuaid has recorded a new album that takes her in a whole new direction.”

Interview and profile. “Her latest album The Plum Tree and the Rose has been met with enthusiastic reviews on both sides of the Atlantic and deservedly so. It is a subtle, exquisitely constructed collection of songs.”

Album review – The Plum Tree And The Rose. “The word timeless is often bandied about when critics discuss folksingers, but it’s actually an apt description for Sarah McQuaid’s vocals and compositional style.”

Album review – The Plum Tree And The Rose. “Lucid and quite magical at times, Sarah McQuaid transcends mere craftsmanship with inspiration and innovation on this record – it’s intelligent, grown-up music.”

Album review – The Plum Tree And The Rose (English translation follows German original). “Klanglich ist das Album überzeugend und wird dem Zuhörer Freude bereiten.” (Sonically, the album is compelling and will delight the listener.)

Album review – The Plum Tree And The Rose (English translation follows Nederlands original). “Bijzonder is het geslaagde samengaan van zang, sobere gitaarbegeleiding en trompet, een instrumentkeuze die in folkkringen moedig en verrassend is.” (An exceptional feature is the successful combination of her voice, laid-back guitar arrangements and trumpet, a mix of instruments that is as surprising as it is courageous for a folk album.)

Album review – The Plum Tree And The Rose. “Rather than offering history lessons only by fact, through all the songs McQuaid invites listeners to consider permanence and impermanence, and what may last and carry on after we are gone.”

Album review – The Plum Tree And The Rose. “Once in a while, you come across an album that stands out from the crowd. This is one such album. It is truly a lovely album from start to finish and one that gets better with every listen.”

Album review – The Plum Tree And The Rose (English translation follows Nederlands original). “The Plum Tree and The Rose benevelt op alle onderdelen de zinnen.” (The Plum Tree and The Rose makes the senses swoon on all counts.)

Album review – The Plum Tree And The Rose (English translation follows Nederlands original). “Elk nummer op dit wonderschone album rechtvaardigt het gebruik van superlatieven.” (Every song on this beautiful album justifies the use of superlatives.)

Album review – The Plum Tree And The Rose (English translation follows Nederlands original). “Dit is muziek met diepgang – voor de verfijnde liefhebber het neusje van de zalm.” (This is music with depth – for the discriminating connoisseur the pick of the bunch.)

Album review – When Two Lovers Meet. “Sarah McQuaid’s debut album offers a masterclass in restraint and subtlety. Authoritative singing and quietly insistent arrangements make for a sumptuous whole – recommended.”

Interview and profile. “Hundreds of years ago emigrating Irish men and women brought their traditional tunes to America and wove their melodies into the emerging folk music of that continent. In 1994, a travelling American completed that journey in reverse.”